Magicians Quotes by Susanna Clarke

11 Magicians quotes by Susanna Clarke

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Clarke’s humor and historical flair shine when she writes about conjurers. These eleven snippets provide a swift taste of her clever take on the art of illusion.

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“All magicians lie and this one more than most,”

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“Some years ago there was in the city of York a society of magicians.”

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“But the other Ministers considered that to employ a magician was one thing, novelists were quite another and they would not stoop…

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“The York magicians had all looked over the letter and expressed their doubts that any body with such small handwriting could ever…

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Some years ago there was in the city of York a society of magicians. They met upon the third Wednesday of every…

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“I only wish he had not married," said Mr. Norell fretfully. "Magicians have no business marrying.”

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“Ha!" he thought. “That will teach me to meddle with magic meant for kings! Norrell is right. Some magic is not meant…

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“Then Mr. Norrell roused himself and took down five or six books in a great hurry and opened them up - presumably…

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“Childermass laughed. “You are right, Vinculus. You are not like the others. That is my life – there on the table. But…

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“That will teach me to meddle with magic meant for kings! Norrell is right. Some magic is not meant for ordinary magicians.…

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“Even the Raven King - who was not a fairy, but an Englishman - had a somewhat regrettable habit of abducting men…

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you must learn to live as I do - in the face of constant criticism, opposition and censure. That, sir, is the English way.

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“Can a magician kill a man by magic?” Lord Wellington asked Strange. Strange frowned. He seemed to dislike the question. “I suppose a magician…

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How is a magician to exist without books? Let someone explain that to me. It is like asking a politician to achieve high office…

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“Mr Norrell was delighted. He did not believe that anyone had ever proposed such a piece of magic before and begged Sir Walter to…

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“The House is valuable because it is the House. It is enough in and of Itself. It is not the means to an end.”

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“...hatching his poems..”

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“It was as if a door had opened somewhere. Or possibly a series of doors. There was a sensation as of a breeze blowing…

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“A gentleman in Mr Norell's position with a fine house and a large estate will always be of interest to his neighbors and, unless…

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“I have always heard that Italian women are rather fierce.”

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“Long, long ago, (said the voice), five hundred years ago or more, on a winter's day at twilight, a young man entered the Church…

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Well, I suppose one ought not to employ a magician and then complain that he does not behave like other people.

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“Fairies do not make a strong distinction between the animate and the inanimate. They believe that stones, doors, trees, fire, clouds and so forth…

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There is nothing in the world so easy to explain as failure - it is, after all, what everybody does all the time.

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How quickly was every bad thing discovered to be the fault of the previous administration (an evil set of men who wedded general stupidity…

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“Mr. Norrell gazed at Strange with an odd expression upon his face as though he would have been glad of a little conversation with…

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